As at 8 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
2 wins · Punchestown & ThurlesLast run 5 Apr 2026Last raced off OR 128
KTB Profile
Blue Velvet is a mare who has won two of her seven starts on turf. She won an Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Flat Race at Thurles over 1m5f – 2m on good in Dec 2024 and a Matchbook 50:50 Graduation Series Mares Maiden Hurdle at Punchestown over 2m1f – 2m4f on heavy in Jan 2026. She has recorded one win and two places from three runs over 2m1f – 2m4f. Her last run, at Fairyhouse in Apr 2026, was off an official rating of 128.
Based on 7 archived runs · run-style from 7 commented runs since Dec 2024 · updated 8 Nov 2026
A/E compares actual wins with what starting prices implied. "Fair" strips the bookmaker margin from the expectation, so favourites and longshots are judged on the same footing — figures near 1.00 mean the market priced this horse about right.
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed128the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Punchestown, 26 Jan 2026
How fast the horse ran, as points against the day-corrected standard time for its course and distance: 100 is the median GB Class 4 handicap winner on that code; one point is 0.1% of the standard time. A, B or C is how much the day's card could tell us, not how good the run was. What this means →
Jumps 6 figures · best 128B · median 92.5
Going
Runs
Best
Median
Since 8 Nov 2025
Good
2
112B
98
1 run · —
Heavy
2
128B
99
2 runs · 128 / 99
Soft
2
101A
89
—
Distance
Runs
Best
Median
Since 8 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m
4
112B
89
1 run · —
2m1f – 2m4f
2
128B
106
2 runs · 128 / 106
Of 7 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 7 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast
KTB Rating
Best recent KTB Rating134Athe best of the last 3 rated runs · Punchestown, 26 Jan 2026Official rating 128at the last run, 5 Apr 2026
What the horse achieved in each race, in pounds on the official-rating scale, from the weight carried, the lengths beaten and the race's own level solved across the archive — never the market, never the official rating as a starting point. The headline is the best of the horse's last three rated runs on that code — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →
Jumps 6 figures · best 134A · median 129
Going
Runs
Best
Median
Since 8 Nov 2025
Good
2
132A
130
1 run · —
Heavy
2
134A
132
2 runs · 134 / 132
Soft
2
127A
121
—
Distance
Runs
Best
Median
Since 8 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m
4
132A
128.5
1 run · —
2m1f – 2m4f
2
134A
131
2 runs · 134 / 131
Of 7 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).
KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 7 runs · as at 4 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast
Both figures are KTB's own, computed from the archive; no vendor rating enters either. Every run's figure is on its form line below with its grade. Grades measure how much the archive could see, never the merit of the run.
Splits include every sample, however small — muted rows are under 3 runs. A one-from-one record is a fact, not a trend: read the Runs column before the strike rate.
Matchbook 50:50 Graduation Series Mares Maiden Hurdle2m3f · Heavy · 16 ranHandy early - lost momentum and slipped to 4th after an awkward jump 3 out - moved up into 2nd smoothly turning into the straight - hit the front approaching last and kept responding to the whip for a comfortable win
Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden Hurdle2m · Heavy · 8 ranWent straight to front - lost the advantage after the opening fence then regained command soon after - hit the third from home and driven along late - caught close to the line - beaten 1½ lengths in second
Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Flat Race2m · Good · 18 ranSettled midfield early - improved into contention entering straight then edged in front inside final two furlongs - driven out to assert and stayed on strongly to the line
Blue Velvet (IRE) won 2 of 7 archived starts between 2024 and 2026, a strike rate of 28.6%. Placed 3 times in total (42.9% of starts).
Who trains Blue Velvet?
Blue Velvet (IRE) is trained by W P Mullins, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 5 April 2026.
Who is Blue Velvet's sire?
Blue Velvet (IRE) is by Blue Bresil (FR) out of High Benefit (IRE), whose sire is Beneficial.
What is Blue Velvet's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 128, from the run on 5 April 2026. The highest on record is 129.
What is Blue Velvet's sire's record?
Blue Bresil (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 3,546 runs since Sep 2013 (463 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Blue Velvet's siblings?
Out of High Benefit (IRE), Blue Velvet (IRE) has 7 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Stoner's Choice (GB) (7). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Stoner's Choice (GB)). The wins came over 2m–3m. As at Nov 2026.
Blue Velvet (IRE)·2–7·SR 28.6%
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